Yuan Dadu

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former capital historical city

Yuan Dadu was the capital city of the Yuan dynasty in China, located on the site of present-day Beijing and serving as a major political and cultural center of the Mongol-ruled empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ming Beijing	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dadu NERFINISHED ⓘ Daidu NERFINISHED ⓘ Khanbaliq NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Mongol rule in China ⓘ Sinicization of the Mongol court ⓘ
capitalOf	Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
ChineseName	大都 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Kublai Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDynasty	Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	administrative center ⓘ imperial residence ⓘ
governedBy	Yuan imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	important site in Chinese urban history ⓘ
historicalEra	Yuan dynasty period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese city planning traditions ⓘ Mongol urban planning ⓘ
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
linkedTo	Silk Road networks NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	China ⓘ North China NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnSiteOf	present-day Beijing ⓘ
meaningOfName	Great Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernRemnantsLocatedIn	Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernRemnantsType	archaeological remains ⓘ
notableFeature	city walls and gates ⓘ imperial palace complex ⓘ regular grid layout ⓘ
partOf	Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Beijing ⓘ
predecessorSettlement	Zhongdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	North China Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	center of multiethnic population ⓘ hub of trans-Eurasian trade under the Yuan ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Yuan dynasty ⓘ cultural center of the Yuan dynasty ⓘ political center of the Yuan dynasty ⓘ
successorCity	Ming Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ Ming capital (Beiping/Beijing) NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ
usedAs	seat of the Great Khan in China ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dadu → alsoKnownAs → Yuan Dadu ⓘ

Khanbaliq → followedBy → Yuan Dadu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming Beijing

Zhongdu → successorCityOnSite → Yuan Dadu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming Beijing